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International Mind, Brain, and Education Society Conference 2007
Peer-reviewed presentations for IMBES Inaugural Conference in Fort Worth, Texas November 1 - 3, 2007
Title: The Somatic Appraisal Model of Affect: A Paradigm for Neuropedagogy.
Presents emotion as a function of brain-body interaction, as a vital part of a multi-tiered phylogenetic set of neural mechanisms, evoked by both instinctive processes and learned appraisal systems, and argues to establish the primacy of emotion in relation to cognition. Primarily based on Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, but also incorporating elements of appraisal theory, this paper presents a neuropedagogical model of emotion, the somatic appraisal model of affect (SAMA).
Presents emotion as a function of brain-body interaction, as a vital part of a multi-tiered phylogenetic set of neural mechanisms, evoked by both instinctive processes and learned appraisal systems, and argues to establish the primacy of emotion in relation to cognition. Primarily based on Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, but also incorporating elements of appraisal theory, this paper presents a neuropedagogical model of emotion, the somatic appraisal model of affect (SAMA).
Kathryn (Kate) E. Patten
Doctoral Candidate at Simon Fraser University